Championed by everybody from John Lennon to Peter Gabriel and decried by ”Establishment” critics ranging from Vincent Canby to Gene Siskel, El Topo remains one of the most controversial movies ever made. Director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s bizarre, blood-soaked blend of spaghetti Western, druggy surrealism, Christian allegory, Zen Buddhist themes and avant-garde sensibilities gave rise to the entire ‘Midnight Movie’ …
There never was a proper soundtrack album released of Michael Curtiz s classic 1954 musical featuring Irving Berlin s immortal score because Bing Crosby was under contract with Decca and Rosemary Clooney was under contract with Columbia. Decca didn t want to promote a Columbia artist on their release so they brought in Peggy Lee for their version …
The statistics concerning Glen Campbell s career are staggering. Over 50-plus years in the music business, he has sold over 45 million records (and that s not counting the tens of millions more he played on as part of the Wrecking Crew), accumulated 12 Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and one Double Platinum album, and placed over 80 …
For those lucky enough to have discovered it, The Williams Brothers Christmas Album, originally and briefly released in 1970 on Barnaby Records, is a long-lost seasonal gem that ranks up there with other treasured Christmas albums by artists such as the Ray Conniff Singers and the Carpenters. For decades, beloved crooner Andy Williams hosted his annual Christmas television …
The Complete Mercury Christmas Recordings Featuring the Albums Christmas Card & Christmas Present
The Statlers patented country gospel sound and Christmas music were a marriage made in, well, heaven…and so both of the albums, Christmas Card and Christmas Present, that comprise this collection of their complete Christmas recordings for the Mercury label hit the country charts and remain favorites of holiday listeners young and old. In fact, 1978 s Christmas Card …
Theodore Bikel is one of the most important folk singers of the recording era, and during his legendary tenure at Elektra Records, he recorded a multitude of albums exploring virtually every nook and cranny of the ethnic folk music canon. But it is his three Yiddish recordings 1958 s Theodore Bikel Sings Jewish Folk Songs, 1959 s More …
Rolling Stone ranked him the #15 greatest guitarist of all time. His sharp treble tone, hooky melodic licks and innovative fingerpicking style using metal banjo picks on electric guitar were a profound influence on such British guitar gods as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. And his live performances were so incendiary, so unstoppable and …